Lubing Up the Paddles to Give Old Cook County Hospital One Last Jolt

Written By Editor on September 29, 2014 in abandoned, Harrison Street, Illinois Medical District, preservation, _story

With October upon us, around the country countless carneys are busy setting up seasonal haunted houses.  And one of the most popular themes is the abandoned hospital.  But Chicago doesn’t need an army of carneys to erect a house of horrors, because the city has its own massive, scary-looking abandoned hospital just a stone’s throw from downtown. But after years of absorbing rain and pigeon droppings, the first baby steps...